CVE-2020-3164
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-03-04 18:40
Modified
2024-11-15 17:34
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
Cisco ESA, Cisco WSA, and Cisco SMA GUI Denial of Service Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cont-sec-gui-dos-nJ625dXbVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Web Security Appliance (WSA)
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